Word: returning
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...side. Both men appeared fresh for the second round. Whitelaw again rushed his opponent who avoided some heavy blows very neatly. In turn Fillebrown placed some effective hits. The round seemed about equal. In the third round Whitelaw again began rushing, but was severely handled, giving few blows in return. The bout was awarded to Fillebrown. Thayer, '88, withdrew. Coolidge was therefore given abye. The judges here announced a mistake in the winner of the first bout, and after another round the winner was announced, amid the mingled cheers and groans of the spectators, as Mr. Whitelaw, who would have...
...final bout in the light-weight sparring between Ashe and Austin, '87, was looked forward to with the greatest interest. Austin forced the fighting from the first, in the second round giving his opponent some hard blows and getting a few in return. In the third round both men went quickly to work, but they showed the effects of their previous struggle, Ashe especially, who had a hard contest with Mitchell. Both soon became winded and their last few blows were weak and ineffective. After some minutes discussion, the judges decided to call the bout a draw, though...
...event of his college course, for he was then thrown into conversational contact with men who had been famous for years. There are no such opportunities held open to the undergraduate of to-day; he is held off at arms length while he is being castigated and gets in return little of that polish which comes from association with venerable men! The same gentleman was also privately reprimanded for going to chapel with uncombed head, for not observing a sufficiently religious demeanor, for putting on his hat too soon and for making undue haste in getting...
...afternoon was the middle-weight sparring between G. R. Ashe, '87, and I. R. Thomas, '88. Thomas is twenty pounds heavier and a little shorter than Ashe, who is of very slight build. The first round was opened by Ashe with a smart blow on Thomas' face; in return getting a couple of body blows. Both men were evidently saving themselves for the last two rounds. Time was called with the round in Ashe's favor. Thomas began work in the second, evidently trying to make his superior weight and strength tell by beating down his opponent, and although...
...probable that Mr. G. A. Morrison will not recover from his present severe illness in time to return to college before the end of the April recess...